 The IU Indianapolis Senior Academy offers fun and meaningful ways to connect with colleagues and the community! Find details and register to participate in all our activities on the Senior Academy website. December 2024 and January 2025 Events
Tuesday, December 17, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Volunteer with Retire United at Shepherd’s Center This volunteer opportunity offers a very rewarding way to get in the holiday giving spirit. Senior Academy volunteers are invited to join Retire United volunteers (the United Way of Central Indiana retiree organization) for this annual event. This is a special way to give back to seniors with little or no family to celebrate the holidays. For many this may be the only holiday celebration. You do not have to stay the whole time and can sign up for a shift if necessary. Volunteer stations include: Set up, greeting and visiting with clients before party starts, table escort, food plating and serving, drinks, and clean up. Parking is available onsite. Around 200 Seniors are planning on attending and your help will go a long way! Won't you come along and spread some holiday cheer this season? Click HERE to Volunteer Steve Kirchhoff, Coordinator, Senior Academy Volunteers Retire United and United Way of Central Indiana, Shepherd's Center of Hamilton County, 10300 Kincaid Drive, Fishers, IN 46037
Wednesday, December 18, 11 a.m. to noon, Book Club, The Poem Is You by Stephanie Burt
Join the Senior Academy Book Club via Zoom for December's selected book The Poem is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them. The book discussion will be led by Craig McDaniel and Francia Kissel. Burt writes poetry criticism for the NY Times and many other outlets. In this book each poem is accompanied by an explanatory essay that opens up the poems to diverse ways of understanding. Please register for this event.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025 11 a.m. - 12 noon. Book Club (start reading now!) Ilyon Woo, Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom (2023) The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as “his” slave. In 1848, a year of international democratic revolt, a young, enslaved couple, Ellen and William Craft, achieved one of the boldest feats of self-emancipation in American history. Posing as master and slave, while sustained by their love as husband and wife, they made their escape together across more than 1,000 miles, riding out in the open on steamboats, carriages, and trains that took them from bondage in Georgia to the free states of the North.
Additional Senior Academy Book Club Selections – Meetings are online the second Wednesday each month, 11 a.m. to noon
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 4:30 - 6 p.m., String Theory Group Bring your yarn, needles and crochet hooks and join Senior Academy members, spouses, partners, and friends in String Theory. The group crafts beautiful items that can warm bodies and hearts. The group performs a service and provides an opportunity to get together with others. Chat while knitting, crocheting, or being otherwise creative. During the holiday season the creations of the group are donated to organizations that serve those in need. All skill levels are welcome, including beginners, and no long-term commitment is required. This event is hosted by Senior Academy. Write to ude[dot]ui[at]ymedacas or call (317) 278-2444 if you have questions. The location will be provided upon registering. Recent ActivitiesExodus Refugee Immigration volunteer project, November 15, 2024.
2024 Last Lecture, A Musical Life in the Academy, Scott Deal, November 8, 2024
Thank you to all our Senior Academy members, board members, and committee chairs for planning so many opportunities and contributing generously to the campus and community. Happy holidays! |
